Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed badge in bronze gilt with

badge in bronze gilt with red and white enamels

the oval centrepiece with a red felt background fronted by a brass number "2"

102 mm x 122 mm)

Birchall expressed insistence of wearing the light blue mess kit of the RCAF

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed badge in bronze gilt with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code